8/03/2009 @ 4:00PM

In Depth: Eight Things Keeping You Awake At Night

Television

Dr. Lisa Shives, medical director of Northshore Sleep Medicine in Evanston, Ill. and a spokeswoman for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, has treated patients who watch television in bed, hoping that it will help them drift off. But Shives says this strategy actually exacerbates the problem since the bed should be used only for sleeping. When it’s associated with waking activities, it can be increasingly difficult to fall asleep.

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